- Thursday, December 17, 2009
the world is pretty small
recently, i just found out that rui de is my sister's classmate(:
and other cases:
me->jiahui->zoenin->me
me->yangyi->issac->cheah jing->me
me->darren->sam->me
okay its all pretty cool cause we are all from different schools:Dor at least one person in each link is from a different school:D
if i were to think deeper, i figure there will be much more:D
okay i shall go on to post about speaking perfect english(:
yes, i shall stop saying singlish, though im proud to be a singaporean
it kinds of affects my speaking skills
and no more "damn" or "shit" or "whadda heck"
i guess it will take sometime getting used to it, but nervetheless i will try
i will go on to blog about flag day yesterday
woke up at 6am:(
then, i bathe and had breakfast(common thing:D)
and then went of for training at clementi, had to lugged the big bag of shuttles there
but i was only aboutt to go for 1hr of training before i had to go
went home to get a quick bath and then out i was to orchard for cip(:-thankyou rebecca for letting me choose my location
and i think you are the nicest cip president ever:D
met yiteng at 10 plus
and the first person i met donated:D
but in the end we got chased away by the security guard from orchard ion or the mrt:X
but we strayed down and business was still bad cause it was early, so we went off to eat since there was nothing to do and if we ate earlier so we could catch the lunch crowd and bug them to donate
interesting thinsg that happened yesterday:
1)a little boy came up and stepped on my shoe and was unwilling to take it off
2) a mom donated 10 bucks and her daughter donated 11 bucks to top her
3) there was three girls with signs that said "free hugs here" and "free hi-fives here"
one of them offered to help us promote flag day
but her friends say that it was better not to because people might be wary of them if they asked for money for flag day)
4)saw yucheng at the basement of ngee ann city, guess he is working there
5) one person started to babble in another language and then i didn't understand
so i just kept saying "yes, yes, yes"
and by the time he put in indian coins, then i realised>.<
6)someone asked me if i wanted euros.LOLS.
7) we got teased by a group of around seventeen or eighteen years old western guys, i guess i got pretty annoyed
this was how it went like:
yiteng and i were walking out of orchard ion, having used the toilets there
and then, one of the guys said: "hey girls you want money?"
yiteng: would you like to donate?
guy1: sure sure
so we went over
and guy1 asked me what it was for
huiwen: the money amassed will be to buy provions for the poor, free clinic for those who...blah blah...
guy1 donates
guy 2:let's do some charity then
guy2 donates then
guy 2: im paul by the way(i forgot his name, i think it was rodhenisho, or something along the lines)
guy3 donates too
this sounds alright, doesnt it?the next part don't
guy1: hey you want 50 bucks?
-stunned for silence-
guy1: if i give you 50 bucks, then when i turn my back, you are sure to take it out
huiwen: no, we won't.and its not possible to take $ out of the tin
guy1: don't bullshit,if you use a needle, then you will surely be able to take it out
huiwen: no, we won't.we really won't
guy1:so what?you can shake the tin
i got kind of irked then cause i was already pretty tired from the eight previous hours of cip
so i was thinking "wtf, we have integrity even if you don't"
i guess thats vulgar but i didn't say it(:
8) there was this cute girl who went up to us and started saying the rv motto, and the she donated to both of us:D turns out she was an ex-rv student currently in university:D
9) older people tend to brush people off without a tinge of embarrassment but if you ask teenagers, they tend to either donate or at least, when they dont donate, you can tell they feel bad(:haha
10)one of my tin was spoilt, had to go back and collect another tin from sebastien
but it was great because the 4 tins by yiteng and me were really heavy
and advice to others who might be doing flag day:
-don't think that its hard to do at orcahrd. i know many people have this conception. sure, you do often get brushed off, but considering the large crowd, there is a great number of people who donate to.
-look for smokers standing around. though some dont bring their money along, some do too.and they donate generously even if you have the brave the smoke
-look for people resting on benches, they tend to donate
-don't look for high class looking people, they more often than not don't donate even if they are filthy rich. its those more motherly and friendly guys that donate more
-look for guys, esp those who are wearingf long sleeve shirts and jeans, they donate alot-
-spot couples, they tend to donate, esp the guy cause he want to impress his girlfriend.
okay, that's all.TOODLES:D
Posted @Thursday, December 17, 2009
Huiwen:D